There are a number of accountability mechanisms to ensure that the deputy ministers community is responsive to the strategic direction that is set by the Clerk of the Privy Council as head of the public service. One of them is the annual performance management agreement and the whole process that goes along with it to assess whether or not they are putting an appropriate depth of attention to people management.
Also, for the last three years we have issued annual action plans, with specific commitments in them. Every year, deputies have reported to the Clerk of the Privy Council how they have done against those commitments. There is, in the annex of each of the clerk's annual reports, a scorecard that shows how well the deputies have done against those commitments. I think there are a number of publicly visible accountability mechanisms.